/// Obama Proposes Surveillance-Policy Overhaul

In a striking policy shift, President Barack Obama on Friday announced plans to overhaul a secret national security court and pledged to take other measures to disclose more information about secret National Security Agency programs. The new proposals will likely spark a prolonged national debate over the balance between the controversial spy programs and Americans’ privacy. The most significant proposal would restructure the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to provide for an advocate for privacy concerns. Mr. Obama is also seeking unspecified changes to the Patriot Act to increase oversight and place more constraints on the provision that permits government seizure of business records. Read the rest of this post on the original site »

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